Terrace Talk

May 21st - another unforgettable day in my life. It was the day I’ve finished my exams and my mood couldn’t have been better when I came home: CL final in a couple of hours, a couple of hours that seemed an eternity. I could have sworn the time was slowing down. I was very excited and couldn’t find my place. Manchester United playing in the final! I turned on my computer and made a playlist with all of my Untied chants and songs.

Because I don’t like the commentators from our National Television I decided to watch the match over the internet. I regretted this decision later though - ESPN. I found a stream and began watching. The pre-match was rather boring and useless for an United fan, with most pundits talking about Chelsea and how great they were.

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Inspired by ESPN page 2 columnist Bill Simmons (One of my favourite sports writers, although he gets minus marks for selecting Tottenham Hotspurs as his EPL club and calling Manchester United the “New York Yankees” of the EPL), Terrace Talk will debut a weekly segment of “TT Link Me”.

With so much information being tossed around during a 24 hour news cycle, at times it can become extremely difficult catching every quality article, video or news. Thats where you come in.
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Now that we’re on the brink of another Champions’ League final after an 8-year long wait, what are your recollections of that fantastic night?

Me: I was visiting my parents on Long Island at the time. I called around that previous weekend to find out who would be showing the FA Cup Final versus Newcastle, and I settled on an Irish pub called Lily Flanagan’s in Islip. The place was packed to the rafters that Saturday with a primarily pro-United crowd, and it was a great atmosphere.
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It’s been a year since the historic 7-1 victory against Roma in the same stage of the same competition. Many of us hope that United will find the strength to get another stunning result, but most of us will be pleased with a quick victory so that United can be ready to face Arsenal on Sunday and get the 3 points to extend United’s lead to 6 points.

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This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for. It is April and it’s Champion’s League quarter finals time. Roma is the only Italian club left in the competition and they are currently second in Serie A, with dreams of domestic success still alive and well. On the other side are Manchester United, reigning Premiership champions and league leaders, that have played some fabulous football of late that seems to be on another level.

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Rain soaked and weary, United seemed as if they were beaten before they had even made a single pass. It must have been miserable getting on that plane, back to Manchester and in retrospect I can’t say time has healed the wounds of last April. All the papers went on at length how decidedly United were beaten and outclassed by a Milan side led by Kaka and an almost divine right to advance. It was all too much to bear as a United fan, and I did everything I could to ignore the media coverage. It’s hard to imagine how much worse it must have been for the players and the manager who have hungered for European glory for a decade.

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With the first leg complete in the round of sixteen matchup between Olympique Lyonnais and Manchester United, the Red Devils make qualification into the quarterfinals a little bit easier with a late 1-1 equalizing result.

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UEFA sure has a way of wetting your appetite and then pulling your fix away from you the moment your football addiction has hit. A fairly easy group stage for United, left me on the edge of my seat and dreaming of past successes, legends of old and new, and what could be around the corner. Speaking of legends, Ryan Giggs will look to celebrate his 100th appearance in the Champions League with a goal, which should be quite fitting so close to the 50th anniversary of Munich. The knock-out rounds have begun, so let’s look at hopefully the first of many opponents United will face.

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